Neck loop for aprons



Oct. .29, 1929. F. M. STEINER 1,733,632

NECK LOOP FOR APRons' Filed June 18, 1927 lrracusns Patented Oct. 29,1929 UNITED STATES PATIENT. OF CE FRANK M. STEINER, OP MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA, AssIGNoR o sTn NnPt sALns COMPANY, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ACORPORATION or UTAH NECK LOOP FOR A PRONS Application filed June 18,

vide a type of neck loop which may be ma chine ironed without turning,creasing or wrinkling. This neck loop is usually formed of fiat materialthroughout, and during the laundering process, it laps or folds uponitself and wrinkles, so that it is not only unsightly but does not lieflatly under the collar of the wearer, resulting in discomforture. Thisis due to the fact that a flat piece of material which is in form of aloop attached by its ends to another piece twists, under the aboveconditions, in such a manner that it" turns and wrinkles the bib strapand the bib if preferred, the, elements 5 being connected together atthe outer end by the flexible or of the apron when ironed by means of amangle (the ordinary way of ironing). The bib or loop must turn in goingthru the machine and it would take so much labor to straighten thewrinkles that it is not done. Practically all the laundry work of thistype is done by machines.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a very simplemeans for obviatingthe above difficulty, so that no twisting, wrinklingor lapping of the neck loop is had. To this end the present inventioncontemplates the use of a cord like, narrow, pliable knitted or Wovenfabric as an insert, which forms the outermost looping, or neck-engagingportion of the neck loop, and connects two tapering portions of the loopwhich are respectively attached at their opposite ends to the apronproper, or the loop may be made of one piece of suitable fabric withflattened ends and a middle portion which is capable of turning withoutwrinkling or twisting the end portions.

Features of the invention include the construction of the loop as awhole; the use of an insert of flexible, narrow, fabric as one of theelements of the neck loop; the use of a pliable fabric; the use of anarrow pliable fabric; the use of a narrow strip of knitted fabric; andthe use of an insert of flexible, narrow, knitted or woven fabric forthe purposes setforth.

Advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description of thedrawings,

1927. Serial No. 199,741.

forming a drawings:

Figure 1 shows a general view of anapron having a neckloop constructedin accordance withthe teachings of this invention; d Figure 2 is anenlarged view of the upper part of the apron and of the neck loop; and

Figure 3' is anenlarged section through part of this application, and insaid the tubular flexible insert on ,line 3-3 of Figure 2. I V I Thenumeral 1 represents the'body portion of my improved apron, 2 indicatesthe' bib and 3 the strings. 'My improved neck loop comprises inthis'instance three ele merits, though it may be made in one piece,

pliable insert element'fiwhich as shown in Figure 3 has an approximatelyrounded cross section. Each element 5 preferably "tapers outwardly fromthat end 7 which is connected to the bib, to the end 8"which isconnected to one end of the flexible element 6. The x base 7 of theelement 5 is, therefore, broadened, this to prevent outward bulging ofthe central part 10 of the bib when the apron is worn. The element 6 isherein shown in Figure 3 to be formed of knitted, tubular material thatis free to rotate on a longitudinal axis and prevent twisting of the endportions during the ironing operation and' the resulting twisting of thestraps. As shown in Figure 2, the loop is flat throughout its entirearea and for this reason no wrink-' ling or twisting takes place duringironing/ ferred. The .element 6 is preferably flat tened beforeinserting and stitching so that its plane substantially corresponds withthe planes of the elements 5; i

I claim as my invention:

1. An apron having Wide neck bands forming extensions thereof andcomposed of fabric strips adapted to lie flat in the plane of the apronbefore and While passing through a mangle, and a cord-like means havingan approximately rounded "cross section joining together the outer endsof said Wide strips and so formed that it may be manu- -a lly held anddrawn through the mangle Without'foldi-n'g or wrinkling said bands.

2. An apron having a bib portion and a pair of flat fabric bands one 'oneach side forming extensions of the bib,.said bands being comparativelyWide at their point of union with the bile and tapering outwardly andmeans connecting the outer ends of said bands, 'said means comprising anarrow insert having an approximately rounded cross section whereby,when the apron is drawn into a mangle, said bands may be ironed Withoutwrinkling or folding.

3. ,Aanapron having wide flat fabric sup- .portirrg stripsattached tothe upper portion thereof on each side of the apron and an insertjoining together the outer ends of said strips, said'insert beingcomposed of pliable textile material of less width than said strips,said insert being sufliciently thick as com- :pared to its width totwist and conform to the rolls of a fmang-le as it is passedtherethrough w ithout tapping the material of the Wide strips wherebythey may be ironed smooth and :IHIWVDiHk-ld.

In witness -WhereofJ-have hereunto set my hand thislldtlrday ofJune, Y

FRANK STEINER.

